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2023 Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,532 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,030 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation Associate Degree School for You

With 251 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, air transportation is the #19 most popular major in Michigan.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in Michigan ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the air transport associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Air Transportation Associate Degree School

#1

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern Michigan College the best value school in Michigan for air transportation students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Traverse City, NMC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMC are $9,532 a year. The average amount in student loans that air transport majors at NMC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $15,442.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Northwestern Michigan College

Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 265
Wisconsin 18
Ohio 249
Illinois 315

One of 3 majors within the trade school area of study, air transportation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Air Transport Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology 5,487
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew 2,262
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations 1,797
Other Air Transportation 303
Air Traffic Controller 228
Remote Aircraft Pilot 91
Airline Flight Attendant 81
Flight Instructor 77

Majors Similar to Air Transport

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ground Transportation 21,480
Marine Transportation 1,493
Other Transportation & Materials Moving 7

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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